Best Action Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated action games.

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Battle Islands Battle friends over air, land and sea in this epic WW2-themed battle strategy game.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 06 Aug 2014
The Expendabros The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.5
Release 05 Aug 2014
Jet Gunner Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.

Price 0.79€
Rating 7.1
Release 04 Aug 2014
Guns and Robots Guns and Robots is free to play online third person shooter. The game brings robot action with massive customization. Players get cartoony bright 3D graphics in attractive environments and challenge each other in open arenas.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.4
Release 04 Aug 2014
Epigenesis Epigenesis is an online multiplayer sports/FPS game in which two sides are locked in a never-ending fight for world domination by playing ball.In this non-lethal ballgame of the future, players leap across platforms suspended high up in the air trying to get a ball located in the middle of the arena and score goals against their...

Price Free to play
Rating 6.4
Release 01 Aug 2014
Lovely Planet A First Person Shooter Gun Ballet set in a cutesy abstract world. Jump and shoot your way through five worlds full of treacherous enemies with your trusty semi-automatic!

Price -85% 0.89€
Rating 8.7
Release 31 Jul 2014
Pineview Drive A one-of-a-kind horror shocker – a game aware of your fear!Check out the improvements introduced with Update 2.0!

Price -70% 2.92€
Rating 6.1
Release 31 Jul 2014
Pixel Piracy Embark on an epic 2D pirate simulator RPG adventure, where you navigate both land and sea. Upgrade your ship, recruit and level up your crew, and uncover hidden treasures as you become a legendary pirate.

Price 14.79€
Rating 6.4
Release 31 Jul 2014
Mount Your Friends Experience the extreme simulated sporting sensation that's sweeping our digital nation! Mount Your Friends is a fiercely competitive sporting event for you to play with your friends in the contextual security of your own home, assuming that your home is not composed of sexual innuendo.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 29 Jul 2014
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Hailed as one of the largest, longest and most meticulously detailed turn-based JRPG series of all time, this first chapter in the ongoing Trails saga sets the stage for what's quickly become Ys developer Nihon Falcom's most popular and best-selling franchise in their entire 30+ year history.

Price 15.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 29 Jul 2014
Rodina A single-developer passion project. A seamless full scale solar system. Thrilling action. Be part of an incredible journey as a Universe is built from the ground up!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Jul 2014
Vertical Drop Heroes HD Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage.

Price -89% 0.77€
Rating 7.7
Release 25 Jul 2014
Gold Rush! Classic Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.

Price -89% 0.35€
Rating 6.8
Release 25 Jul 2014
Only If Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.1
Release 25 Jul 2014
Murder Miners The #1 rated Xbox Live Indie Game. Halo-inspired. Destructible/constructible environments. Vehicles. Zombie survival. Hookshots. Infection mode: Be the zombie & eat the dead to level up your zombie abilities. Community playdates are still hosted every week, join us!

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.4
Release 25 Jul 2014
UnEpic Daniel was just an average guy. He was a great videogame player, a big fan of sci-fi movies, and a novice RPG player. In the midst of an RPG, he was teleported to a castle. At first, Daniel believed that he was having a massive hallucination.

Price -93% 0.98€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Jul 2014
Super Trench Attack! Super Trench Attack™ is a goofball comedy twitch-shooter based in a World War setting.

Price -91% 0.44€
Rating 8.6
Release 24 Jul 2014
OlliOlli OlliOlli mixes addictive one-life gameplay with over 120 tricks and grinds across 50 deviously crafted levels, 250 Challenges, Spots Mode and Daily Grind.

Price -83% 2.21€
Rating 7.5
Release 22 Jul 2014
Halfway Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG taking place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has started colonising new worlds. Until now, they were alone ...

Price -94% 0.89€
Rating 7.0
Release 22 Jul 2014
Freedom Planet Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.

Price -80% 2.84€
Rating 9.2
Release 21 Jul 2014
Hidden in Plain Sight Hidden in Plain Sight is a local-multiplayer stealth party game. Blend into the crowd of AI characters and eliminate the other players before they eliminate you!

Price 5.89€
Rating 9.3
Release 16 Jul 2014
Of Guards And Thieves Of Guards and Thieves is a multiplayer stealth game in which high-powered guards face off against fast and elusive thieves in a contest of wits. Outsmarting the enemy and shooting your way through to the goal are equally valid strategies. Simple rules, emergent gameplay and high replayability.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 16 Jul 2014
Wild Warfare Wild Warfare is a F2P, multiplayer FPS made for players that enjoy fun and/or being a bear. It's a mix of crazy game modes, balanced classes, simple controls and intense matches. Its got vehicle combat, because why not? You can even be a bunny that clubs people with a wrench, lucky you.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 15 Jul 2014
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!

Price -96% 0.49€
Rating 8.2
Release 15 Jul 2014

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